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Interviews

Conferences

Workshops

Hippocamp Conference Presentations

“Powering through Post-Publication Doldrums” with Lara Lillibridge (in-person)
“Powering through Post-Publication Doldrums” with Lara Lillibridge (virtual)
"How to Get an Agent" Flash Session
“How to Take Your Existing Work and Make it Funny” with Lara Lillibridge
“How to Be Funny in Creative Non-Fiction” with Christoph Paul

Interactive Workshops

"Advocacy: Train the Trainers.” Half day workshop. Macaulay Child Development Centre. Toronto, ON.
“Complaint Prevention”, Annual Meeting, Junior Bar Association of Quebec and American Bar Association, Montreal, QC
“Dealing with Difficult People in the Workplace”, full day seminar, Distinguished Educator Series, McGill University, Montreal, QC
"Teaching Your Kids to Stand Up for Themselves," Emerging Leaders, Federation CJA

Selected Speeches

“Complaining Effectively in the University Setting” Keynote, Virtual Conference of the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE)
"Dealing with Complaints" Keynote, Surgery Association Annual Meeting, Lakeshore General Hospital, Pointe Claire, Quebec.
“Kvetching 101”, luncheon speaker, United Synagogue Conservative Judaism biannual meeting, Atlanta, GA.

Writing Workshops

Writing from Your Own Experience, Beaconsfield Library, QC (virtual)
Characters and Dialogue, Beaconsfield Library, QC (virtual)
Journaling and Setting Writing Intention, Brandee Safran Yoga Studio
I Have a Story to Tell, Fundraiser for Trevor Williams Foundation
How to Be Funny in Creative Non-Fiction, QWF, Full day workshop

You were a delight to listen to last night during the Needham Hadassah zoom meeting. I was totally impressed by your confidence. I often know the right way to complain but my anger sometimes gets the best of me. I also admire the way you encourage your children to be independent. What you say is so right on target but harder to implement in person. The other thing I have to tell you that your spirit, positivity and enthusiasm was so refreshing.

Sharon

Member, Needham Hadassah

I really enjoyed how Amy shared different scenarios, as well as the skills that go into getting what you want (while still being nice!) It was a terrific program.

Jane Hochstein

Executive Director, Jewish Community Center of Greater Dayton

Lara and Amy’s session was a generous, calming balm for all writers, whether they had published recently or not.

Dorothy Rice

Author of Gray is the New Black

Bio & Pics

Bio

Amy Fish is the author of “I Wanted Fries with That: How to Ask for What You Want and Get What You Need” (New World Library 2019) and “The ART of Complaining Effectively” (Avmor 2015). Fries was named by the CBC as one of “40 works of Creative Non-Fiction to Watch Out For”, and was a pick for “14 books for those that love to laugh” both in 2019. Amy is a staff reviewer and interviewer for Hippocampus Magazine for Creative Non-Fiction and the Ombudsman at Concordia University in Montreal.